MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blair'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077655&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrcxAW_y4kgo%2F By Malou InnocentThe same week U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta declared “we’re within reach of strategically defeating al-Qaeda”—an assessment that many believe reflects the efforts of seven years of CIA drone strikes—former director of national intelligence Dennis Blair called America’s “unilateral” drone war in countries like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia a mistake. “Because we’re alienating the countries concerned,” Blair said, “because we’re treating countries just as places where we go attack groups that threaten us, we are threatening the prospects of long-term reform.” Given that our Nobel Peace Prize–winning president has drastically escalated the use of these flying, robotic hitmen, there seems to be some confusion at the White House. Speaking t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077655 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:05:04 +0100 5077655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105671&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshould-mom-share-her-bed-with-baby%2F2010.10.24 I’ve watched the pendulum swing back and forth on the wisdom of mom sharing her bed with a baby. The American Pediatric Society has come out against the practice, because of a higher incidence of sudden infant death. But nearly half of all British moms sleep with their baby at times, and one-fifth share a bed regularly during the first year. According to a British study published in [the October 2010 issue of] Pediatrics, the value of breastfeeding should be considered before advising mothers not to share  beds with their infants. The results showed that mothers who shared a bed with their newborns were better educated and of a higher socioeconomic status, and that those whose children routinely slept in their beds during the first 15 months of life reported a significantly gre... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105671 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4105671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3812958&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNhpJ8Yzav-A%2F By Jim HarperEarly this year, the New York Times published a story entitled “Senators Warned of Terror Attack on U.S. by July.” America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday [Feb. 2] that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months. The assessment by Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence, was much starker than his view last year, when he emphasized the considerable progress in the campaign to debilitate Al Qaeda and said that the global economic meltdown, rather than the prospect of a major terrorist attack, was the “primary near-term security concern of the United States.” At Tuesday’s hearing, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and cha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3812958 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:09:30 +0100 3812958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235826&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2nRZd6KqDWQ%2F By Jim HarperThe New York Times dutifully reports that the Director of National Intelligence says it is. But it’s hard to know what that means. The word “cyberattack” has no usefully fixed definition. And the important questions—plural—include: 1) whether cyberattacks—plural—are growing in number and sophistication more quickly than the capability of infrastructure owners to fend them off and recover from them; 2) which, if any, owners lack incentives to secure their infrastructure and what security externalities they might create; and 3) what levers—such as contract liability, tort liability, or regulation—might correct any such market failures. Some lines in Director Blair’s statement are quite telling. Compare this: Terrorist g... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235826 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:36:45 +0100 3235826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2167742&cid=t_118542_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F02%2F08%2Fdefective%2F yes, this IS a mental health post -it concerns your rights & privacy. Read on… You’ll never guess who is sponsoring  this. If you answered: That race baiting congressman from the corrupt city of Chicago, Black Panther and Army deserter, Bobby Rush. You were correct. Click the link at the top and if you are pressed for time, check out these sections [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2167742 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:00:45 +0100 2167742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445981&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fcherie-blair-and-balmoral-bonk.html BalmoralI have been having a quick glance at Cherie Blair’s memoirs in The Times. They are so extraordinarily badly written that it is hard to believe that the author is a highly experienced lawyer. They are also profoundly distasteful.Too much information about the contents of her “distinctly ancient toilet bag”. I am not interested in her religious beliefs though I do not suppose that her frank admission about contraception will be going down well in the Vatican; still, a couple of Hail Marys after the next confession will sort that out.But what about poor old Leo? Children are affected by these things. Poor lad, the accidental fruit of the infamous Balmoral Bonk.  He will be subjected to sustained ridicule at school, all because of his mother’s avaricious vulgarity. As regard... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445981 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:10:00 +0100 1445981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1371906&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fdestruction-of-nhs.html Professor Alan MaynardUp in York, Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, is forever keeping his beady eye on the the government’s real NHS agenda. In 2005 he wrote a paper entitled “Physician Productivity in the UK NHS”. It was presented in Australia and, perhaps because of that, did not get as much publicity as it deserved. I am grateful to the Witchdoctor for drawing my attention to it.“Radical reform in the roles of the workforce other than physicians is taking place. Pharmacists and nurse prescribers are to be given the right to prescribe the full formulae, although medical groups (e.g. the Committee on the Safety of Medicines) are now questioning the safety of such policy. Nurses are being trained to carry out endoscopy, anaesthetics and minor surgery.These reforms are p... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1371906 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:15:00 +0100 1371906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1252799&cid=t_118542_113_f&fid=34636&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rodspace.co.uk%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2Ffull-text-of-downing-street-briefing.html (Source: Informaticopia) Informaticopia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1252799 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:48:00 +0100 1252799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1241812&cid=t_118542_113_f&fid=34636&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rodspace.co.uk%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2Fmeeting-which-started-npfit.html (Source: Informaticopia) Informaticopia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1241812 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:41:00 +0100 1241812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957200&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fpity-poor-soldier.html Donald Rumsfeld thanks British soldiersThere will be no British heroes in Iraq.There will be no triumphal parades. There will be no victory celebrations. The war will never end for there is no definable end point.How did we get there in the first place? Entirely on the whim of the Prime Minister. Those who are not students of British Constitution may have little understanding of the unfettered powers of Royal Prerogative that, in terms of military action at least, are little changed since the days of Henry VII. Except for one thing. The powers are now enjoyed and exercised on behalf of the monarch by the Prime Minister.Henry VII 1485-1509Blair took our forces into Iraq, on the coat tails of Bush and Rumsfeld, for reasons that defy rational analysis. Let's not even bother with the WMD chara... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957200 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:08:00 +0100 957200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948412&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fcrippen-redux.html The time has come for Dr Crippen to spring back into action. Normal service will be resumed on Monday, 15th October.The planned two month break has stretched to nearly three months - apologies for that, and thank you for all the emails.Patricia Hewitt is no more than an unpleasant memory but the most significant political event of last three months was the resignation of Tony Blair. Or was it significant? What I find most extraordinary about it, is that I hardly noticed. Even allowing for the Iraq legacy it is as though Tony Blair never was. He was airbrushed out of the Labour Party Rally and now barely registers in the public consciousness.So much for ten years as Prime Minister.And now we have Gordon Brown. He is different from his predecessor. It took a while to penetrate Blair's mawkis... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948412 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:58:00 +0100 948412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=830143&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Ftribute-to-tony-blair.html Well yesterday Tony finally slipped out of power and Gordon slipped in. Politics generally bores me, or infuriates me, so I wouldn't usually mention it here, but I guess I can't let such a day slip by without comment.What did I think of Tony Blair? Well, I guess quite a 'nice' man, with good intentions, and I think mostly sincere, but I think he became increasingly arrogant due to misconceptions of his self-righteousness, foolish, and stupid to have believed the lies he was fed.Whatever good he may done is completely overshadowed by the atrocity of the Iraq War. Reported civilian deaths as a result of the war are currently between 66,000 and 72,000. An estimate by American and Iraqi epidemiologists in October 2006 estimated that 655,000 deaths had resulted since the invasion in March 2003.... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=830143 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:18:00 +0100 830143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611439&cid=t_118542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fbeatification-of-blair.html It is well know that Tony Blair is a religious man, that Cherie and the family are practising Catholics and that Blair himself has been quietly moving towards Rome.Rightly and properly he has always maintained that his faith is a private matter.Fascinating, though, to read in today’s Times that:Blair will be welcomed into Catholic fold via his ‘baptism of desire’Tony Blair will declare himself a Roman Catholic on leaving Downing Street, according to a priest close to him.Father Seed said: “He’s been going to Mass every Sunday. He goes on his own when he is abroad, not just when he is with his wife and children.” Another church source said that many of the early saints and martyrs were not baptised. Such people were held to have had a “baptism of desire”. Saints and martyrs?... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611439 Thu, 17 May 2007 16:13:00 +0100 611439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=541588&cid=t_118542_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodalpoint.org%2F2007%2F04%2F13%2Fcollaboration_collaboration_collaboration What should your three main priorities be as a Scientist? Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration. Quentin Vicens and Phil Bourne have just published Ten Simple Rules for a Successful Collaboration [1] to help you do just that, as part of a continuing series [2,3,4,5]. read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=541588 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:31:28 +0100 541588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=515405&cid=t_118542_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4699 AP: Iranian TV airs new video of Britons Iran’s state television aired new video Sunday showing two of the 15 captured British sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Persian Gulf where they were seized and acknowledging it was in Iranian territorial waters. Britain’s Foreign Office immediately denounced the video, saying it was “completely [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=515405 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:09:02 +0100 515405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=515000&cid=t_118542_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4695 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(C) leaves the Friday prayers at Tehran university, 30 March 2007. Ahmadinejad again called for Britain to apologise for its sailors entering Iranian waters, the state news agency IRNA reported. Ahmadinejad Calls U.K., Allies Arrogant Iran’s hardline president said Saturday that Britain and its allies were “arrogant and selfish” for not apologizing over what [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=515000 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:18:03 +0100 515000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=505401&cid=t_118542_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4675 British Prime Minister Tony Blair looks on at a Public Service Reform conference in Westminster, London, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Britain hopes that diplomacy will win the release of 15 sailors and marines detained by Iran but is prepared to move to a ‘different phase’ if negotiations fail, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday. PM warns [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=505401 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:07:13 +0100 505401